How To Cut a Mango

With your paring knife, make a cut that’s slightly off center from the stem to find the large center pit. Once you have located it, slice lengthwise all the way down the fruit alongside the pit.

Place the cut section aside.

In the same manner, cut the mango flesh lengthwise along the other side of the pit.

Take one section of the cut mango, hold it in your palm with the peel side down, and make three or four vertical cuts through the flesh, being careful not to cut through the skin.

Rotate the mango 90 degrees and make four or five horizontal cuts that crisscross the vertical cuts.

Repeat on the other mango half. You should now have two scored mango halves.

Flip a scored mango half inside out, so the fruit resembles a mango porcupine, and with the paring knife, cleanly cut the cubes away from the peel and into your bowl.

Repeat with the other half.

Discard the peels and enjoy the fruits of your labor.